Comments on: Netflix to Comcast: Raising the cap is not enough

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 19 May 2012 20:29:26 +0000

Comcast agreed to not treat Internet traffic differently for specified period of time when they purchased NBC. So yes, they have a duty to “punish” themselves for the time being.

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:08:09 +0000

Oh grow up.
Comcast has no duty to punish itself.

By: bobr

bobr — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:18:53 +0000

Comcast claims “Xfinity simply isn’t part of the Internet” since the traffic is being feed over their network from a server ON their network and never flows over he internet so should not be counted in the cap. The problem with this claim is that if I do 25GB of email (to/from Comcast Servers) to/from other Comcast Users (so none flows over the Internet and thus does not incur any gatewaying with the internet) and browsing of sites HOSTED ON the Comcast network I am being hit with 25GB of usage not getting the free ride that Xfinity does.

By: Jeff Martens

Jeff Martens — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:08:39 +0000

GigaOm keeps saying the cap is being increased, but everyone else is stating that the cap will be increased in certain markets where new pricing models will be tested while all other markets will have no cap.

By: William Diaz ✔

William Diaz ✔ — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:49:10 +0000

Comcast is only doing this not for NetFlix benefit, or their own Video over IP/XBox fiasco, they are doing it so that way they can show the FCC just a tiny shred of responsibility and olive branch after they violated so many rules in the NBC-Universal merger. They need to save some face, and this raising of the cap is just a tiny bit of it, to show “Hey, we are allowing MORE companies to use more data on our networks so that way we seem fair.” And to an extent, its true, but overall, its just another way Comcast is putting the veil over the true problem.